Decorating metal articles



Aug. 14, 1928; 1,680,801 P. A. REUTTER DECORATING METAL ARTI CLES Fil ed Dec :8, 1927 anveutoz w 4. W

$1 IM' elf tome 3 Patented Aug. 14, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP A. REUTTER, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T SCOVILL MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- DECORATING METAL ARTICLES.

Application filed lleeember 8, 1927. Serial No. 238,508.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in surface ornamentation for containers, such aspowder containers, lipstick holders and the like.

6 Certain containers, such as powder boxes,

lipstick holders and other holders for cosmetics, are'made of light metal and it is frequently desirable that these containers, in order to produce an attractive appear- 10 ance, be provided with surface ornamentation. Heretofore such ornamentation has been put on by etching, engraving, enameling, etc. These processes are slow and expensive, and this latter condition makes such 1 processes particularly disadvantageous in the producing of such articles as these light metal boxes, Which have to be made very cheaply to be commercially practicable.

It is the special object of the present invention to provide a novel way of producing surface ornamentation on containers, particularly light metal containers.

A further object of the invention is to produce such a container which shall be attractive in appearance, easy to assemble and, therefore, cheap to produce, and in which the surface ornamentation is readily applied.

With these and other objects not specifically referred to in view, the invention consists in certain novel parts, arrangements and combinations which will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed.

Generally speaking, the invention consists in covering or sheathing the container with a plurality of independent sections, which when in place on the container produce the desired surface ornamentation or design, these sections being assembled on the container simply. by slipping them in place over the container walls, the sections being held by suitable holding devices.

In the drawings,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a container embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the container of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 1s a perspective view of one of the covermg sectlons shown with the artlcle of Figure 2.

Referring now to these drawings in detail, the container selected to illustrate the invention is a lipstick holder, but it will be understood that the invention is capable of a wide variation in its use and with containers widely varied in form. In the particular construction illustrated, however, the container includes a body 1 which may be of light metal, such as brass. In this body, in the particular construction. illustrated, is a sleeve 2 having a helical slot 3 in which Works a stud 4 on a carrier, indicated at 5, for holding a stick of rouge 6. The particular container illustrated is circular and the covering of sheathing is made up of a plurality of bands, indicated at 7 these bands being dimensioned to have a sliding fit and being assembled on the container by simply sliding them over the container walls. These bands, as shown, may be alternate enameled bands, as black'bands 8 and brass bands 9. Certain of these bands abut against each other, and means are provided for holding the bands in place on the. container. Where the container is in the form of a lipstick holder, it is usually provided .with a cover 10 which has a slip fit over a The cover 10 has asliding fit with the sleeve 11 and, if desired, the cover 10 may be provided with similarly arranged bands or rings, indicated at 16. To hold these rings in place, the end of the cover is provided with a flange 17 against which. a ring abuts, and the rings are held in position by a movable top 18 screw threaded into the cover 10 and forming a part thereof.

With the construction shown and described, a very quick, cheap, and convenient way has been provided for effecting surface ornamentation of a holder.

While the invention has been shown and described in its preferred form,'it will be understood that wide variations in the shape and character of the container, and in the shape, character and number of sections which form the surface ornamentation may be made without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a container having a surface ornamentation produced by loosely securing around its outer walls a covering made up of a plurality of mentation produced byplacing on its outer walls a covering or sheathing composed of differently colored elements, certain of which have their edgesin abutting relation and forming when in place a surface design. 4. As a new article of manufacture, a container having an end flange, and a covering or sheathing made up of independent sections slipped on the container, one such section abutting against the end flange and the others abutting against each other, and means for holding the last section in place.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a container having an end flange and a cover, an intermediate removable flange, and a covering or sheathing made up of a plurality of independent sections held between the flanges.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

PHILIP A. REUTTER'. 

